EXCLUSIVE: SWAT standoff ends with explosions and surrender

Police blocked off an area of Stewart Avenue and 14th Street during a barricade on April 12, 2017. (Adam Herbets/FOX5)

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -

Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department set off explosions and eventually arrested a man who barricaded himself from officers in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday.

According to police, the officers responded to a home on North 14th Street, near Stewart Avenue and Bruce Street, at 8:37 a.m. to take a wanted man into custody.

Police said the man refused to leave the home, prompting Metro's SWAT team to try and get him out. Police elaborated the man was wanted for a warrant on a count of felon in possession of a firearm. Police on the scene noted the response was part of a Metro Gang Unit operation.

FOX5 obtained exclusive video of a loud explosion followed by the man's surrender at about 3 p.m. Another woman also exited the house in handcuffs.

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